Battling River’s Wrath: Kinshasa’s Struggle Against Flooding
For example, from November 2023 to February 2024, six communities along this river experienced severe flooding.
September 16, 2024
Sinking Land: Man and water collide as floods overtake landing site in Uganda (In Photos)
Ripon landing site continues to experience a reduction in both land area and population due to rising water levels in Lake Victoria. Before the water rose, the landing site was 100 meters from the lakeshore. The water has since covered more than 50 meters of that land.
August 27, 2021
Sudan, After the Flood (In Photos)
Photographer Roger Anis spends two weeks traveling to villages in Sudan that were devastated by the extreme floods of 2020.
March 6, 2021
Kenya: Warning Kibera residents of floods using flags, Whatsapp and Facebook forecasts
A community group in Kibera informal settlement, Nairobi, is warning residents of flood conditions using SMS, Whatsapp, Facebook and radio.
December 14, 2020
Uganda: Lake Victoria breathes amidst COVID-19 pandemic, recaptures its tributaries
The rising water levels of Lake Victoria have disrupted businesses, destroyed property, and displaced many people living and working by the lake shores in Uganda. It is a double tragedy happening amidst the Covid-19 lockdown.
December 2, 2020
Addis Ababa builds resilience with clean rivers, public spaces and walkways
By Mekonnen Teshome Tollera Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa (Sheger) was born twice: first, as a
September 14, 2020
USD $200 million needed to stop flooding in Dar es Salaam’s Msimbazi Basin
By Deusdedith Kahangwa, Dar es Salaam About three kilometers north of the Tanzania’s State House,
September 7, 2020
Braving it all: REGIDESO’s task of supplying and maintaining water infrastructures in Gitega
Regideso, Burundi’s main water supplier, is facing challenges supplying all households in Gitega City due to climate change and the increasing population.
August 17, 2020
Karangura: Caught up between the dual danger of COVID-19 pandemic and water crisis
Young girls are getting pregnant. Domestic violence is on the rise. These are just some of the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and its restrictions in an area where water is scarce, said Kikora Masereka, of Kyahwire zone, Karangura Sub County in Kabarole district of Western Uganda.
July 10, 2020
In Eastern Uganda, a New Solar-Powered Irrigation Project Helps Farmers Save Wetlands
Farmers in Paliisa, eastern Uganda, are earning hundreds of dollars more every week through a new solar-powered drip irrigation project that allows them to cultivate year-round in lands outside of the wetland.
July 6, 2020
Mt. Elgon Landslides Survivors Plant 30,000 Trees through a Village Savings Group to Fight Climate Change
BECOMAP community organization has planted more than 30,000 trees in eastern Uganda where landslides in 2018 killed dozens.
June 19, 2020
Floods in in Somali region displaced 98.000 people
Konjit Teshome Raging floods in the Shabelle Zone of Ethiopia’s Somali region have affected 162.000
May 22, 2018